Payroll Partners » Blog Blogs Your source for instructions, product features, regulation updates, and more! Blog Insights to Simplify Payroll&HR Search for: Most Popular From the HR Support Center: Can the same person be both an employee and an independent contractor?According to IRS guidelines, it is possible to have a W-2 employee who also performs work as a 1099 independent contractor so long as the... Read More Should You Pay an Employee Who Resigns With Two Weeks’ Notice?An employee who resigns with two weeks' notice may think they are doing you a favor. But in fact, it can be a payroll headache, especially if you... Read More Do Employers Have to Pay for New Hire Orientation and Training?Orientation formally introduces the new hire to the company — including its mission, culture, values, vision, policies, procedures and fringe... Read More Do We Have to Honor an Employee’s Two-Week Notice Period?Assuming there is no contract or agreement to the contrary, you’re not required to keep an employee on during their resignation notice period or... Read More Search for: Most Recent Housing Allowance Checklist for Clergy and ChurchesBoard Approval Ministers may exclude a designated portion of their income as a housing allowance from federal income taxes—provided it... Read More Benefits Bulletin: Fringe and Account-Based Benefits Plan Updates for 2026Provisions for the budget reconciliation bill (HR 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act), affecting benefits provisions in 2026, are described below.... Read More Which minimum wage do we need to follow if we have employees in multiple states?Question: Which minimum wage do we need to follow if we have employees in multiple states? Answered by the HR Experts: This is a common... Read More Thanksgiving Week Payroll ReminderThe Federal Reserve will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day on November 27th. Check dates on or after the holiday will be affected. ... Read More Can we require remote employees to have childcare?Question: Can we require remote employees to have childcare? Answered by the HR Experts: You can, but we don’t recommend it. For one thing, it... Read More Top HR Questions Ministries Are AskingManaging human resources in a faith-based nonprofit is rarely simple. A team of executive pastors, church administrators, and HR staff deal with... Read More Buddy Punching and Time Theft: Hidden Risks That Cost Employers MillionsThe Cost of a Few Extra Minutes A few extra minutes here. A favor for a coworker there. It doesn’t seem like much—until you multiply it across... Read More The Payroll Error Problem: How Automation Helps You Get Payroll Right Every TimePayroll errors are more than an accounting issue—they’re a serious business risk. A missed overtime payment, an incorrect tax withholding, or a... Read More
From the HR Support Center: Can the same person be both an employee and an independent contractor?According to IRS guidelines, it is possible to have a W-2 employee who also performs work as a 1099 independent contractor so long as the... Read More
Should You Pay an Employee Who Resigns With Two Weeks’ Notice?An employee who resigns with two weeks' notice may think they are doing you a favor. But in fact, it can be a payroll headache, especially if you... Read More
Do Employers Have to Pay for New Hire Orientation and Training?Orientation formally introduces the new hire to the company — including its mission, culture, values, vision, policies, procedures and fringe... Read More
Do We Have to Honor an Employee’s Two-Week Notice Period?Assuming there is no contract or agreement to the contrary, you’re not required to keep an employee on during their resignation notice period or... Read More
Housing Allowance Checklist for Clergy and ChurchesBoard Approval Ministers may exclude a designated portion of their income as a housing allowance from federal income taxes—provided it... Read More
Benefits Bulletin: Fringe and Account-Based Benefits Plan Updates for 2026Provisions for the budget reconciliation bill (HR 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act), affecting benefits provisions in 2026, are described below.... Read More
Which minimum wage do we need to follow if we have employees in multiple states?Question: Which minimum wage do we need to follow if we have employees in multiple states? Answered by the HR Experts: This is a common... Read More
Thanksgiving Week Payroll ReminderThe Federal Reserve will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day on November 27th. Check dates on or after the holiday will be affected. ... Read More
Can we require remote employees to have childcare?Question: Can we require remote employees to have childcare? Answered by the HR Experts: You can, but we don’t recommend it. For one thing, it... Read More
Top HR Questions Ministries Are AskingManaging human resources in a faith-based nonprofit is rarely simple. A team of executive pastors, church administrators, and HR staff deal with... Read More
Buddy Punching and Time Theft: Hidden Risks That Cost Employers MillionsThe Cost of a Few Extra Minutes A few extra minutes here. A favor for a coworker there. It doesn’t seem like much—until you multiply it across... Read More
The Payroll Error Problem: How Automation Helps You Get Payroll Right Every TimePayroll errors are more than an accounting issue—they’re a serious business risk. A missed overtime payment, an incorrect tax withholding, or a... Read More
